Display rack



1,637,578 Aug. 2, 1927- w w. LEWIS DI SPLAY RACK Filed Feb. 26, 1925 INVENTOR.

LIJ. LU. LELUIS v 'ATTORNEY *g atenta ma 1927. f l 1,637,51a

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i y WALTER. W.y mawrs,` or SAN rnANcIsco, CALIFORNIA.

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n Application led Fiebrluaryvi26, 1925,.'- seriallNo. 11,780.

This invention relates to improvements in spectively and are further bent as shown at` display racks and has particular reference to land 14, respectively, so as to form hooks 50 a display rack to be used in exhibiting kgarupon the ends of the arms. f ters, neck-ties, collars and the like. y A hook 16 is secured as at 17 to the stand The principal object of this invention is ard 6 and serves as the third point of suspen* to produce a rack which is capable ofsesion. rIn employing a display rack concurcly maintaining the article being exkstructe'd in accordance with my invention. 55 hibited. n y l 5 the article to be displayed, for instance, a Another object is to produce a rackwhich garter designated in Figure 2 by the numeral n will .accommodate itself torvarious sizes of 18, isdraped upon the arms 8 and 9, it, of

articles. course, being understood that the free ends Another object is to producea rack upon of the garterare fastened together as is com- 60 which an article may bey placed and later mon practice in placing they garter around moved kfrom place to place, without danger the leg. After being so draped over the arms of the article being deranged. 8y and 9 as to rest upon the bent ends 13 and Other objects andadvantages will be ap- 14, the hoseengaging portion 19 of the gar-k parent during the course of the following ter isfgrasped and pulled downwardly, that 65 description'. n is, in a direction towards the base, with a In the accompanying drawings forming a resultthat the upper edge of the garter may part of this specification and in which like be passed beneath the tip of the hook 16.

numerals are employed to designate like During this last mentioned operation the parts throughout the same, y arms 8 and 9 will move from their full line 70 Figure 1 is a front elevationof my imposition of Figure 1 to the full line posiproved rack, and f tion of Figure 2, therefore, it will be noted Figure 2 is aview similar to Figure 1, that the tendency of these arms to straighten rshowing a garter positioned upon the rack. causes the garter to be tightly held beneath I am aware of the fact that many forms the hook 16 and over the bent ends 11 and 12, 75 of display racks have been emplo ed, but of the arms 8 and 9. g. my racky comprises a resilient mem er over A neck-tie might be secured to my device which an article to be displayed is draped' in a similar manner. In employing a neclrand later secured under the hook positioned tie the hook 16 would be concealed beneath upon the rmain support. This three-point one of the folds of the tie and therefore, the so suspension of the article taken together with tie would present a neat appearance. In disthe resiliency of the arms serves to hold the playingcollars such as soft collars, the same article being displayed in a much better will be'draped upon the device and the hook manner than has been done heretofore. 16 will be passed through the button-holes,

In the accompanying drawings wherein withthe result that the collar will present for the purpose of illustration is shown a an appearance similarto that when placed n preferred embodiment of my invention, the about the collar band of a shirt. 40 knumeral 5 designates a base to ywhich is de- It will thus be seen that I have devised a tachably secured a standard 6 in the top yof display rack whichwill accommodate itself which is positioned a wire loop 7 y, This loopy for use with many different articles. 90

is common to various forms of display racks It is to be understood that the form of my and serves thepurpose of holding an adverf invention herewith shown and described is to ii tising card or rice tag thereon. f n be taken as a preferred example of the same, At 8 and 9 have shown horizontal arms and that various changes in the shape, size ositioned on the standard 6, which arms are and arrangement of parts may be resorted to e gent downwardly as shown at 11 and 12, rewithout departing from the spirit of the in-k v vention or the scope of the subjoined Claim.

so as to form hooked extensions, said hooked extensions serving to support andtension a garter or the like displaythereon, and a retaining element positioned on said standard and serving:r to engage a portion of Asaid garter for the purpose of displaying the same in a stretched position. f

In testimony whereof. I affix my si Lgnature.

WALTER w.v LEWIS. 

